What was/is your Favorite Assignment

[amxpress]

Eglin AFB, 1973-1974. Had my own room, chow was excellent,(steak & shrimp weekly) close to the ocean, worked part time off base making some extra $$$. Got to work on many different birds in the USAF inventory. Base had a nice auto shop where I did a lot of work on my car.

[Luvdiving]

I was stationed on Johnston Atoll, 800 miles SW of Hawaii, from 92 to 93.

Great food, easy duty (issiing chemical waepons to a contractor for destruction), all the scuba you wanted, year round sunshine and lots of roads to run.

All that plus pay? What more could you ask for?

I retired and worked for the contractor for 7 more years!

[vkdrums]

my fav duty was after ranger school i got pramoted to e4 went to di school and had my frist load of off the bus recruits at fort jackson i was green they were green and so scared to see i was new at this it was fun.

[scruffybuffalo]

Hard to pick which was favorite but Clark and other PI sites in the 70's and Heidelberg Germany most of the 80's as USAF assigned to a Army airfield.

[northstarfire0693]

Mine is Ft. Wainwright Alaska.

[jiffy1947]

I was driving for a major (army) before and in vietnam 1968-69. Great guy but he got special orders 3 mos in and I ended up leaving the 5/12 and was assighned to the crip platoon on 199th brigade for the rest of my tour. Driver of deuce and a half and RTO. That was an experience. Really liked driving for Major Fisher.

[06nighttrain]

Osan AB Korea May 1984-May 1985. Went to Pope AFB from there and missed it so much I filled out a new Dream Sheet one week later. To my surprise I got orders right back to Osan Jan. 1987-Jan. 1988.

[Jersey Copper]

Gitmo in the winter of 86. W/W side. One week on the fence, the next back at Marine Hill. Nights at the Windjammer.

[bigdaddy]

Well, I was active USAF, Fire fighter, from 88 to 96.
My favorite assignment was RAF Alconbury, England from 90 to 93. A great spot to take in most of Europe. It rained alot but we had fun!

88-90 Minot AFB, ND
90-93 RAF Alconbury, UK - TDY's to Saudi, Turkey, Ill, Tx
93-96 Hanscom AFB, MA

[byransues]

What is that old saying about the only good tour is the one your on. I had a bunch of good ones, but the best was RAF Upper Heyford from 85 - 91. Being of Scottish genes I spent alot of time seeing the country. Got to spend alot of TDY's to Germany, Scotland ( St. Andrews home of the Great sport of golf ) along with trips to Saudi, Turkey and Iraq during Desert Storm.

Bryan Stewart
USAF Ret.
1979 - 1999

[Jersey Copper]

Tough call for favorite assignment....
6 month Med Cruise in 85 aboard the Pensacola or Spending the winter in Gitmo in 86-87....ahhhh..sorry, lost in those warm thoughts of youth and nude beaches of Menorca...LOLOLOL

[OldSoldier]

4 Years as INTEL Maintenance Officer at Field Station Okinawa.

Also became a Master Scuba Instructor there.

[EdJunior]

Tough choice between Misawa AB Japan and Kunia HI. I liked Misawa because I was still young, unmarried, and could do lots of stupid things and live to tell about them. The mission was great also, though I didn't think so at the time. Hawaii, because the weather was perfect...365 days a year! Oh yeah...make me get out in the middle of January and mow my grass! When I'm done, I'll grab my boogie board and head to the North Shore and cool off!

[granet88]

I enjoyed all of my assignments but the best had to be as an instructor at the Air Force Academy. I really enjoyed the mountains. Working with the cadets was great also. My job at Andrews, AFB was great but the area (DC) made it my worst assignment. My family and I did not like all the traffic, crime, noise, and too many people for such a small area (we were raised in the country of NC). Overall, I had a blessed career!
Lackland AFB, TX
Sheppard AFB, TX
Pope AFB, NC
Little Rock AFB, AR
Bateen AB, UAE
King Abdulaziz AB, Saudi Arabia
Pope AFB, NC...again!
Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia
Sembach Annex and Ramstein AB, Germany
US Air Force Academy, CO
Andrews AFB, MD

[jaxfl]

Basically I was CID (that is Civilian In Disguise) After returning from Vietnam I worked as a race relation investigator for a couple of years, then as a martial arts instructor for a while, then on to recruiting duty for nine years, then worked as an Integrated Logistical Support Analyst until I retired. Not one of them was a bad assignment in my mind and all were very interesting while I was serving. But none qualified me for civilan life.

[Iggy]

Space Command, Cheyanne Mountain, Colordao Springs, Colorado
Cheyanne Mountain is the coolest place to work unless you were at Area 51.

Do you know where the new Area 51 is located? I won't tell.

[Tsunami1]

Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, 1970-72, I was a YN3. Many good times at work and Honolulu had a great social climate.

[Iggy]

Originally Posted by Iggy

Space Command, Cheyanne Mountain, Colordao Springs, Colorado
Cheyanne Mountain is the coolest place to work unless you were at Area 51.

Do you know where the new Area 51 is located? I won't tell.

I changed my mind.
Vandenberg AFB Santa Barabara California.

[Willis]

Originally Posted by Iggy

I changed my mind.
Vandenberg AFB Santa Barabara California.

Yes, my best assignment by far...VAFB 1975-1978. But it's not really in Santa Barabara...Santa Barabara COUNTY. My only daughter was born there and we named her Barbara.

[Bob Fields]

Come on - most assignments were not fun while you were doing them! It is only now, with the passage of time that they seemed great!

Heck, I had such a "great time" that I am now President of the USS Will Rogers Veterans Association, Inc. We are a nonprofit that runs reunions every couple of years so we can all get together and talk about the "good times" we had while punching holes in the ocean at 3 knots for 75 days at a time! Yup, 75 days UNDER water - great times! ;-)

Clearly, we made some great friendships and have some good stories!